A GOOD people-experience in the city!

Today, we were having lunch at a local Japanese restaurant. (Many restaurants have lunch specials, and since it's difficult to cook in our tiny kitchen, we've opted for a lot of take out / cheap meals out.) Anyway....

As is typical here, we were placed very close to the neighbouring tables. On one side of us, Toby overheard two women talking about visiting other countries. One asked, "Does Canada count?" Her friend replied, "Oh, Canada's just a suburb of America!" Toby turns to them and pipes in "Not a chance!" That started a short, but friendly, conversation. The one who joked that Canada was just a suburb was horrified and really wanted to believe we weren't Canadian. She even offered to buy Toby a drink to make up for her insensitive joke, We just had a good laugh and said that Canadians often say that we're just another State!

On the other side of us, one of the eaters complained about American money. "Why can't the US make money like everyone else? With colour!" I'm guessing she's Canadian too!

It was a nice change to have a friendly conversation with New Yorkers!